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Brabham Dynasty To Continue At The 100th Running Of The Indianapolis 500 +VIDEO

Brabham Dynasty To Continue At The 100th Running Of The Indianapolis 500 +VIDEO

Arguably Australia's greatest name in motor racing "Brabham," will return to one of the biggest events on four wheels in 2016. Matthew Brabham, the grandson of three-time F1 world champion, Sir Jack, will compete at the 100th running of the famed Indianapolis 500 in what is a true Australian effort. PACKAGE: Ben Beazle ... Continue reading

Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Coupe Featured in the Racing Simulation Game 'Forza Motorsport 6' +VIDEO

Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Coupe Featured in the Racing Simulation Game 'Forza Motorsport 6' +VIDEO

Even before the official market launch, games fans are able to experience the new Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Coupé interactively on the racetracks of the world. The new sports car is the centrepiece of an exclusive download package which is now available for the new racing simulation game “Forza Motorsport 6,” available on ... Continue reading

More Powerful and Efficient: Audi R18 Celebrates World Premiere in Munich

More Powerful and Efficient: Audi R18 Celebrates World Premiere in Munich

New hybrid race car for the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours Unchanged driver line-up in the DTM High demand for new Audi R8 LMS GT3 sports car MUNICH -- November 30, 2015: The brand with the four rings will be entering the 2016 motorsport season with the most powerful and efficient race car Audi has ever built. The new Audi R18 ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Museum: Motorsport Safety: Special Exhibition 'Safety Cars'

Mercedes-Benz Museum: Motorsport Safety: Special Exhibition 'Safety Cars'

The "Safety Cars" special exhibition launches on 1 December 2015 at the Mercedes-Benz Museum. The exhibition in Collections Hall 5 honours the unique story of the Mercedes-Benz Safety Car. The brand has been providing all of these special vehicles in Formula 1 since 1996. Until 17 April 2016, the exhibition will showca ... Continue reading

Cao Fei and John Baldessari to create the next BMW Art Cars

Cao Fei and John Baldessari to create the next BMW Art Cars

Racing tradition to be continued with the BMW M6 GT3 MUNICH/NEW YORK -- November 19, 2015: Following commissions by Jenny Holzer (1999), Olafur Elíasson (2007) and Jeff Koons (2010), the BMW Art Car series will now be continued. On the occasion of the series’ 40th anniversary, a jury of distinguished museum dir ... Continue reading

The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art presents SPEED: Science in Motion, January 23 - May 1, 2016

The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art presents SPEED: Science in Motion, January 23 - May 1, 2016

It's fast. It's fun. It's SPEED: Science in Motion with exciting, hands-on exhibits to test your potential as a Formula One driver. Visitors will investigate the technology of Formula One auto racing, from physics and engineering to human endurance and biology in a thrilling racetrack-style exhibition providing an exhi ... Continue reading

Nicholas Frankl F1 Mexico and Brazil Thoughts and Reports

Nicholas Frankl F1 Mexico and Brazil Thoughts and Reports

Nicholas Frankl Senior Editor The Auto Channel Formula 1 Racing Desk After a fantastic return to Mexico City that finally saw a 'new' Grand Prix in an overwhelmingly enthusiastic city, welcomed and supported by the country, its people and its business sponsors, we returned to the legendary and always popular Interlagos ... Continue reading

Cooper Tire to Host Auto Racing Stars at SEMA

Cooper Tire to Host Auto Racing Stars at SEMA

Cooper Tire will host several meet and greet sessions with auto racing stars November 3 through 5 during the 2015 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas at the company’s booth, #43019 South Hall. Fans attending the show will have the opportunity to meet and talk with Arie Luyendyk Jr., Dou ... Continue reading

Alexander Rossi's Journey To The F1 Grid

Alexander Rossi's Journey To The F1 Grid

Special to The Auto Channel From Peter Habicht www.racingislife.com Alexander Rossi’s journey from a small Northern California town to the Formula 1 grid has been over a decade in the making, and the 24 year old Manor F1 Team driver sat down on Thursday at Circuit of the Americas to share his thoughts on what it t ... Continue reading

Subaru Debuts Industry-First Peer-Thru 360 Degree Video for Mobile, YouTube, and Facebook +VIDEO

Subaru Debuts Industry-First Peer-Thru 360 Degree Video for Mobile, YouTube, and Facebook +VIDEO

Subaru released a new 360 degree video playable on their Subaru Motorsports app (Android, iOS) that not only provides a full 360 degree view but also allows users to peer through the roof of a car, offering an unprecedented view of 2015 Rally America Champions David Higgins and Craig Drew at full speed in their WRX STI ... Continue reading

Austin F-1 Triple Champion

Austin F-1 Triple Champion

Austin TX October 26 2015; Of all the races, our new world champion Lewis Hamilton will remember no.43 more than most, if not the most. Taking the title, his third, in gloriously scrappy style by winning the fourth United States Formula 1 Grand Prix, he becomes the first British Champion to successfully defend his titl ... Continue reading

Qualcomm and the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team Collaborate on Racecar Data Sharing Over 5 GHz Wi-Fi for Improved Speed, Efficiency and Safety

Qualcomm and the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team Collaborate on Racecar Data Sharing Over 5 GHz Wi-Fi for Improved Speed, Efficiency and Safety

-- Technology Deployed For Practice Sessions During 2015 Formula One™ Race Season Qualcomm Incorporated through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team, today announced they have collaborated to enable the wireless download of racecar telemetry data via Wi-Fi® ... Continue reading

When Chevrolet Was A Racer's Name +VIDEO

When Chevrolet Was A Racer's Name +VIDEO

When Chevrolet Was A Racer's Name ... Continue reading

Honda, Acura Racers Claim Eight SCCA National Championships

Honda, Acura Racers Claim Eight SCCA National Championships

Honda and Acura racers won eight Sports Car Club of America national championship titles, including a podium sweep in the competitive Super Touring Light category and a fourth consecutive Formula F title, at the 2015 SCCA National Championship Runoffs, contested this weekend at Daytona International Speedway ... Continue reading

Jaguar Driving Legend and Oldest Ever Contestant Enter the MPG Marathon

Jaguar Driving Legend and Oldest Ever Contestant Enter the MPG Marathon

Norman Dewis, OBE, chief test driver and development engineer for Jaguar Cars from 1952 to 1985, is set to become the oldest ever contestant when he drives in this year’s MPG Marathon – at the tender age of 95! Dewis, who was born in 1920, will be entering this year’s event, rated as the UK’s most p ... Continue reading

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